USB to Serial Port Converters

[sdavmor]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> sdavmor wrote, On 02/28/2010 08:10 PM:
>> Knute Johnson wrote:
>>> On 2/27/2010 4:53 AM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>> A year or two ago I bought one of these, with CE  FC as the
>>>> maker of this device. It does not work well at all.
>>>> 
>>>> I need one that reliably puts 5 volts from the USB onto the 
>>>> proper serial port pin. I also need to use the serial port 
>>>> XON/XOF flow control.
>>>> 
>>>> Can anyone give me a clue as to what to buy? My old one
>>>> provides the 5 volts for about 15 seconds and quits.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 73 Karl
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> Unless you have a laptop, why don't you just buy a real serial
>>> port for your computer.  It will have the appropriate 15 volts
>>> on the signal pins too.
>> LAVA out of Canada does a fine range of PCI&  PCI Express cards
>> for genuine serial / parallel and combo ports. I've used them for
>> several years.
>> 
>> <http://www.lavalink.com/>
> 
> Some Google searches has shown me that at least 6 other people
> manufacture these PCI cards and now days they are all "smart
> cards", ie: they have a clock onboard for routine control signals
> and do not overload your kernel. Also they all say they work with
> Linux which seems to mean almost any PCI card will work with Linux.
> 
> 
> 73 Karl

I'm sure any of the smart cards will be fine. I have had no problem
simply plugging in and putting them to use without even installing any
additional drivers. By default the LAVA cards will default themselves
to the first available address normally used by their type.
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